Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130556
Julia Seti , Igor Boyko
{"title":"Spectrum of a two-level quasiparticle renormalized by interaction with polarization phonons at weak interlevel coupling","authors":"Julia Seti , Igor Boyko","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For a system of the two-level quasiparticle interacting with polarization phonons at low temperature, using the Feynman-Pines diagrammatic technique in the two-phonon approximation under weak interlevel coupling, the mass operator and the Fourier image of the Green's function have been analytically calculated, which made possible to obtain the energy spectrum and average numbers of phonons in all states of the system. It has been revealed that the interaction with phonons results in a low-energy shift of both quasiparticle states and the appearance of complexes of satellite states in the spectrum. The calculation of the average numbers of phonons testified that (i) the first ground state possesses only quasiparticle properties; (ii) the properties of the second ground state depend on the distance to the first state and can be either quasiparticle-like, hybrid, or phonon-like; (iii) all satellite states are only hybrid or phonon-like.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"548 ","pages":"Article 130556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143844944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130559
Yuanyuan Gao , Guanting Liu
{"title":"Shielding effect of screw dislocations near the circular orifice in one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystals","authors":"Yuanyuan Gao , Guanting Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130559","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130559","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates the shielding effect of screw dislocations near the circular orifice in one-dimensional (1D) hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystals (QCs) using the complex variable function method. The complex potential function for the problem is derived through conformal mapping and the Cauchy’s integral formula, providing analytical solutions for the stress field. Two case studies reveal the influence of dislocation position and quantity on the shielding effect. The J-integral is employed to evaluate the driving force exerted by the orifice on the screw dislocation, predicting the formation of dislocation-free zones due to shielding. The impact of angle and distance on the driving force components is analyzed, demonstrating periodic fluctuations and revealing both attractive and repulsive effects. This research framework provides a theoretical foundation for addressing fracture problems involving interactions between dislocations and other defects in 1D hexagonal piezoelectric QCs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"548 ","pages":"Article 130559"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130553
Peixin Fu , Bole Chen , Weiguo Sun , Cheng Lu
{"title":"Theoretical investigations on structural evolution, photoelectron spectroscopy and electronic properties of precious metal silver doped boron clusters","authors":"Peixin Fu , Bole Chen , Weiguo Sun , Cheng Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growth mechanism of borophene on silver substrates is fundamentally linked to silver-boron bonding interactions, yet the structural evolution and bonding characteristics of Ag-B clusters remain poorly understood. Here, we present a theoretical study into a range of silver-doped boron clusters using the CALYPSO cluster structural prediction method combined with density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. Global minimum searches reveal that the most AgB<span><math><msubsup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span> clusters possess planar or quasi-planar structures with the Ag atom clinging to the edge of the B<sub><em>n</em></sub> moiety. Based on these ground-state structures, we successfully simulated the photoelectron spectroscopy of silver-boron clusters. The aromatic AgB<span><math><msubsup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>18</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span> cluster with a quasi-planar configuration (<sup>1</sup>A, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>) is found to exhibit the largest vertical detachment energy in the photoelectron spectra and show excellent stability. Further bonding analysis reveals that the most stable quasi-planar aromatic structure is formed by the significant interactions (3c-2e <em>σ</em>-bonds) between Ag and the main boron cluster, which are contributed by the Ag-5<em>s</em> and B-2<em>p</em> atomic orbitals, as well as by the presence of B-B <em>σ</em>-bonds within the main boron cluster. These results quantitatively establish the synergy between dative charge transfer and multicenter bonding in Ag-B systems, providing atomistic insights into borophene nucleation processes on silver surfaces. The identified structural motifs and bonding patterns lay a theoretical foundation for designing boron-based nanomaterials with tailored metal-doping configurations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"548 ","pages":"Article 130553"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143854668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130555
Shiying He , Huimin Qu , Daifeng Zou
{"title":"Electronic structure, magnetic anisotropy and Curie temperature of multiferroic MnSe2/Sc2CO2 van der Waals heterostructures","authors":"Shiying He , Huimin Qu , Daifeng Zou","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The integration of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials induces perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a phenomenon that has garnered significant attention in the field of spintronics. In this study, two-dimensional multiferroic MnSe<sub>2</sub>/Sc<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>2</sub> van der Waals heterostructures were fabricated, and their magnetoelectric coupling properties were systematically investigated using first-principles calculations. By deliberately modulating the polarization states, it was observed that the easy magnetization axes consistently aligned out-of-plane, a hallmark of Heisenberg ferromagnetism. Moreover, through atom-resolved and orbital-resolved magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) analyses, the fundamental mechanisms governing polarization-controlled magnetic anisotropy in the MnSe<sub>2</sub>/Sc<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>2</sub> heterostructures were elucidated. Notably, the heterostructures exhibited a significant shift in the Schottky barrier height upon ferroelectric polarization reversal. Additionally, Monte Carlo simulations were utilized to estimate the Curie temperature (<em>T</em><sub>C</sub>) of the MnSe<sub>2</sub>/Sc<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>2</sub> heterostructures. These findings not only contribute to the advancement of next-generation spintronics and non-volatile electrical control but also provide a foundational framework for the design of high-performance nanoscale devices with enhanced functional capabilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"548 ","pages":"Article 130555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143844943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130542
Vladimir Filinov, Pavel Levashov, Alexander Larkin
{"title":"Density response and correlation functions in the Wigner path integral representation. Monte Carlo simulations","authors":"Vladimir Filinov, Pavel Levashov, Alexander Larkin","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130542","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130542","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Wigner formulation of quantum mechanics and the Wiener—Khinchin theorem are employed to derive novel path integral representations of the imaginary part of the density-density response function (IMRF) and the dynamic structure factor (DSF) for a strongly coupled system of soft sphere fermions. To characterize the exchange interaction of fermions, a positive semi-definite Gram determinant is utilized to circumvent the “fermionic sign problem”. The Wigner path integral Monte Carlo (WPIMC) method is employed to compute the IMRFs, DSFs, and spin-resolved radial distribution functions (RDFs) across a broad spectrum of densities and temperatures. The physical significance of the RDF, IMRF, and DSF behavior is elucidated through the demonstration of interference effects arising from exchange and interparticle interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"548 ","pages":"Article 130542"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143844942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130543
Xianghua Jiang , Xifang Cao
{"title":"A rogue wave-type irrational solution for the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation","authors":"Xianghua Jiang , Xifang Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130543","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper we construct two algebraic solutions for the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation, one of which is rational and the other is irrational. The rational solution is a soliton, which has been reported in the literature by other means. The irrational solution is a new rogue wave with a peak on top of a soliton. Our result provides a new insight into the theory of rogue waves.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"547 ","pages":"Article 130543"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130541
Yuxiang Liu , Yinuo Qian , Lu Wang , Zaichen Zhang , Xutao Yu
{"title":"Rapidly trainable and shallow-compiled quantum approximate optimization algorithm for maximum likelihood detection","authors":"Yuxiang Liu , Yinuo Qian , Lu Wang , Zaichen Zhang , Xutao Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130541","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130541","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems, the maximum likelihood (ML) detection problem is NP-hard and becomes increasingly complex with more transmitting antennas and symbols. The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA), a leading candidate algorithm running in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, can show quantum advantage for approximately solving combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we propose an improved QAOA based maximum likelihood detection. In the proposed scheme, we use ZX-calculus to prove the parameter symmetry in QAOA circuits, which can be used to reduce the search space and accelerate the training process. Moreover, to run QAOA on quantum devices, an improved qubit mapping method with simultaneous gate absorption is proposed, which can compile the quantum circuit of the QAOA to satisfy the connectivity constraints of real quantum devices with fewer CNOT counts. In numerical experiments, our scheme accelerates parameter training by an average of 29.8% and uses fewer CNOT gates and shallower circuit depth during compilation. This demonstrates that our scheme has significant advantages over the traditional scheme.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"548 ","pages":"Article 130541"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143854666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130534
Bolong Li , Liang Duan , Shiyi Wang , Zhan-Ying Yang
{"title":"Breathing dynamics of a one-dimensional quantum droplet induced by interaction quenching","authors":"Bolong Li , Liang Duan , Shiyi Wang , Zhan-Ying Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130534","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130534","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We study the evolution dynamics of droplets after interaction quenching based on the one-dimensional Lee-Huang-Yang corrected Gross-Pitaevskii equation. After quenching, the droplet can be excited to form a stable breathing mode. The frequencies associated with these breathing modes are discrete and finite in number. In scenarios of weak quenching, each breathing frequency matches the corresponding internal mode frequency predicted by the linearized Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation. As the quenching strength increases, the intensity of the breathing modes grows while their frequencies decrease, until the breathing modes are disrupted. These findings indicate a significant relationship between the nonlinear excitation modes of the droplet and the linear excitation modes, thereby contributing important insights for the theoretical advancement of nonlinear excitation modes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"548 ","pages":"Article 130534"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143854667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130536
A. Naimy , A. Slaoui , A. Ali , H. El Hadfi , R. Ahl Laamara , S. Al-Kuwari
{"title":"Dynamic evolution of quantum Fisher and skew information under decoherence in three-qubit X-states","authors":"A. Naimy , A. Slaoui , A. Ali , H. El Hadfi , R. Ahl Laamara , S. Al-Kuwari","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130536","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Quantum metrology leverages quantum effects such as squeezing, entanglement, and other quantum correlations to boost precision in parameter estimation by saturating the quantum Cramér-Rao bound, which can be achieved by optimizing quantum Fisher information (QFI) or Wigner-Yanase skew information (SI). QFI evaluates the sensitivity of a quantum state to infinitesimal variations in a parameter, determining the maximum precision of its estimate. In contrast, SI measures the non-commutativity between a quantum state and an observable, illustrating the perturbative effect of that measurement. This work provides analytical expressions for quantum Fisher and skew information in a general three-qubit X-state and examines their evolution under phase damping, depolarization, and phase-flip decoherence channels. To illustrate the validity of our method, we investigate their dynamics for a three-qubit Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state subjected to various memoryless decoherence channels. Closed-form expressions for QFI and SI are derived for each channel. By comparing these metrics with the entanglement measure of concurrence, we demonstrate the impact of decoherence on measurement precision for quantum metrology. Our results indicate that phase damping and phase-flip channels generally allow for better parameter estimation compared to depolarization. This study provides insights into the optimal selection of noise channels for enhancing precision in quantum metrological tasks involving multi-qubit entangled states.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"547 ","pages":"Article 130536"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143838860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-04-12DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130551
Shiyi Chen , He Ma , Xudong Zhang , Lijia Chen , Hao Wu , Haonan Li
{"title":"First-principles calculations of M2SB (M = Hf, Zr and Nb) under high pressure","authors":"Shiyi Chen , He Ma , Xudong Zhang , Lijia Chen , Hao Wu , Haonan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study systematically investigates the high-pressure behaviour of MAX-phase borides M<sub>2</sub>SB (<em>M</em> = Zr, Hf, Nb) through first-principles calculations. The results reveal that applied pressure (0–40 GPa) significantly enhances material conductivity and mechanical strength, while maintaining dynamic stability, as evidenced by phonon dispersion analysis. Among the three compounds, Nb<sub>2</sub>SB demonstrates superior mechanical and thermodynamic stability based on evaluations of Young's modulus and Debye temperature. Electronic structure analysis confirms their metallic nature, with pressurisation-induced anisotropy observed in 3D surface structures. Notably, Zr<sub>2</sub>SB exhibits exceptional structural robustness under varying pressures, and the correlation between pressure-dependent B/G ratio, Poisson's ratio, and material brittleness provides critical insights for designing high-pressure-resistant boride materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"547 ","pages":"Article 130551"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143838864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}